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Sale of Unauthorised/Counterfeit copies of EBC Books: FIR filed against Amazon, Flipkart and Mackhingee Publisher; Police files status report

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: In a case relating to the unauthorized printing/binding/manufacturing/storing/advertising for sale and selling of counterfeit books published by Eastern

Case Briefs High Courts

Bombay High Court| Mere seeds and leaves of a cannabis plant, cannot be included in the definition of Ganja

Bombay High Court: While deciding the instant application for anticipatory bail wherein the Court deliberated on what constitutes ‘Ganja' as

Case Briefs High Courts

Alarmed by trial and conviction of a person with an unsound mind, Meghalaya High Court stresses on quality of free legal aid

Meghalaya High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjib Banerjee, CJ. and W. Diengdoh, J. was alarmed by the present criminal

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Imposing higher punishment on an illiterate senior citizen, merely because psychotropic substance was recovered from her residence, wrong; SC reduces sentence

Supreme Court: In an appeal directed against the judgment and order upholding conviction of the appellant for the offence under Section 20(b)(ii)(C)

Case Briefs High Courts

Calcutta High Court | “AMUL” being a well-known trademark deserves a broader scope of protection – even against non-competing goods or services

“The trademark “AMUL” symbolizes a movement among Indian Rural Community towards prosperity and Indian public perceives the trademark “AMUL” having association of connection with the plaintiffs and no other. It is a combination of all the foregoing factors that had culminated into the trademark “AMUL” being recognized as well-known trademark and, therefore, deserves a broader scope of protection against unauthorized use on non-competing goods or services.”

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Madras High Court reduces sentence of Kattai Raja to imprisonment for life; Case does not fall under the ‘rarest of rare doctrine’

Madras High Court: In a case related to a reference made by the Additional District and Sessions Judge under S.

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Why wait at Court’s corridor for prioritized hearing, when you can invoke the right to extra-judicial divorce? Kerala High Court tells a Muslim woman seeking divorce

Kerala High Court: In a divorce case where the Family Court had refused to hear the case on priority for early disposal,

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Grant of interim bail does not obviate regular bail; Delhi High Court denies bail to UP Police official and RPF constable for committing murder of LIC agent

Delhi High Court: In an application filed by the applicant who is a UP Police official, charged under Section 302,

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Delhi High Court directs Government to ensure strict compliance of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2020 while transporting camels for Independence/Republic Day celebrations

Delhi High Court: In a PIL filed by Scouts and Guides for Animals and Birds ‘(petitioner'), a registered Trust represented

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Chhattisgarh High Court sets aside compensation granted to a woman upon failure of the Laparoscopic Tubectomy operation

Chhattisgarh High Court: In an appeal filed challenging the impugned judgment passed by the lower court, wherein the court awarded Rs 51,000

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Allahabad High Court grants relief to woman highlighting no stipulation regarding the time difference between the first and second child for availing maternity benefits

Allahabad High Court: Alok Mathur, J. allowed a writ petition which was filed by the petitioner working as Lecturer (Hindi)

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Calcutta High Court | ‘Indian values being eroded with adoption of western culture’ – Court orders daughter to pay maintenance and provide accommodation to parents

“…with globalization and with all modern technology we find drastic change in socio economic conditions and Indian values being eroded with adoption of the western culture and western tradition.”

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Delhi High Court restrains company selling keychains and baggage tags having VISTARA marks online; Raises security concerns and directs damages of Rs 20 lakh

Delhi High Court: In a case filed by Tata Sia Airlines (‘plaintiff') seeking decree of permanent injunction against company selling

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Jharkhand High Court directs AIIMS, Deogarh to submit report on availability of Burn Ward

Jharkhand High Court: The division bench of Ravi Ranjan, C.J., and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance of

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Two persons died after first dose of Covishield due to severe adverse effects following immunization; Supreme Court issues notice Central Government

Supreme Court: In a case alleging death of two young girls due to side-effect of Covishield, the Division Bench comprising Dinesh Maheshwari

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Consumer culture of ‘use and throw’ has influenced our matrimonial relationships also; Kerala HC expresses concern over alarming rise of divorce cases

Kerala High Court: While adjudicating a divorce case, the Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas*, JJ., raised

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Know Thy Judge | Justice Hima Kohli-An Advocate for Women’s Rights and Empowerment

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Madras High Court | Teachers directing their students to study well is part and parcel of teaching and would not amount to abetment to suicide

Madras High Court: In a case related to allegation of murder and rape of a 12th standard school-girl, G.K.Ilanthiraiyan, J.

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Repeated blocking of channels proving to be insufficient; Delhi High Court directs Telegram to disclose details of infringing defaulters

Infringers cannot be permitted to seek shelter under Telegram’s policies merely on the ground that its physical server is in Singapore. If the protection of copyright is not evolved as per the changing times, it would have a chilling effect on the progressive initiatives taken by educators in sharing their materials and ensuring accessibility.

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Allahabad High Court| Challenging recruitment process and Physical Eligibility Test for being arbitrary on gender basis unacceptable after unsuccessful participation [Excise Constable Exam-2016]

[“In the present recruitment, females have succeeded in huge numbers, and it appears that unsuccessful male candidates are not able to cope up with the fact that females have overnumbered them in merit. It is an example of ‘male chauvinism’ which is unacceptable in twenty first century.”]